Reaper of the Martial World

Book 7: Chapter 267: Jade (6)

When the Acacia Academy assessment ended and it was decided that Dyon and Ri would head the students of their academy for the next campaign, Jade silently walked off. After watching Dyon and Ri float away together in happiness, she felt bitter, but she pushed the feeling down.

The rational side of her shone through once more. She had only had a single interaction with Dyon, two if you counted his flirting with her during the assessments, it didn’t make sense for her to feel this way.

Unfortunately for Jade, she also understood something else.

When two people met for the first time, it wasn’t necessary for there to be love for them to be attracted to one another. When Dyon and Madeleine first met, they too had hit it off immediately. Obviously, neither fell in love during those moments, but it didn’t take long for humans to decide that they liked one another… It wasn’t until Dyon and Madeleine shared life and death that this like bloomed into love. It was only after this that Madeleine gave herself and her body to Dyon…

Jade had only come to decide that she liked Dyon. But, this was still a major problem…. Why was it that Jade was seemingly the least effected by the side effects of her family’s plight?

The truth of the matter was that Jade’s soul talent was inherently incredibly high. As such, her comprehension of their Moon Manifestation far outstripped that of their ancestors already. Because of this, her ability to see into the minds of others and reflect their true thoughts were almost equal to a True Empath.

In the end, it was this ability that saved Jade. Because she could see the minds of others very clearly, she was able to avoid being affected by their emotions. This helped her easily distinguish between what thoughts were her own, and what thoughts were that of others. In the end, she was able to avoid the pitfalls of her predecessors by putting up walls that didn’t allow her to easily feel for others. Even her supposed friends weren’t individuals she truly saw as friends.

But, when she met Dyon, this wall was shattered. The purity of his emotions was unlike anything she had ever felt. What she didn’t know was that this was not only due to his personality, but also how powerful his soul was. She had never met a person with a stronger innate soul than her own until that day…

After ignoring the invitations of her ‘friends’ to spend more time together, Jade went on a long walk through Elvin Forest. historical

“An orphanage?” Jade suddenly stumbled upon little children running around happily. “I do remember rumors of such a thing appearing here… But who built it?”

A small smile bloomed on Jade’s perfect features. The innocent minds of the children were always her favorite to look into. Their free and pure thoughts were like a tonic for all the evil in the world.

“Big Sister?” Suddenly, the voice of a little girl caught Jade’s attention. When she looked down, she found a beautiful little doll of a girl. Her face was almost as round as a circle, and the small point of her nose coupled with her large pink, watery eyes made one’s heart flutter. She was too adorable.

Jade was surprised. She suddenly realized that she couldn’t see into the mind of this little girl at all, every time she tried, she saw nothing but a vast empty space that only emitted two feelings: pity and understanding.

“Hello little cutie.” Jade bent down, rubbing the girl’s small head. The little girl’s long flowing pink-diamond hair was so soft that Jade felt like she was touching a cloud. “Who was the benefactor that created this orphanage for you all?”

The little girl beamed with pride. “My Big Brother Dyon did it!”

“Dyon?…” Jade mumbled in surprise, a world wind of emotions hit her once more.

She didn’t even realize when she left the surroundings of the orphanage and made it to the Holy Land of the Eostre Clan. In the end, she couldn’t help but chuckle to herself bitterly. Even when she took a walk to erase him from her mind, somehow he made his way back in. Why did he have to do that?

“Jade.” A stern voice awoke Jade from her thoughts. She found the way to her room blocked by a middle-aged man with long silver hair.

The decorations of the Eostre family were decidedly lackluster. In fact, the entire home was a bland grey.

This was actually done on purpose. The Eostre Clan spent much of their time trying to temper and ignore their own emotions. So, they got rid of everything that could elicit them. It was only in this way that they extended the time they could use their manifestation. Often times, the oldest members of their Clan were the weakest because they made the decision to no longer use their manifestations in order to maintain their sanity.

“Yes, father?” Jade’s eyes remained placid. It didn’t look like she was greeting a father figure because she in fact wasn’t. This man before her wasn’t her father, but she continued to pretend to this day that he was.

“The Clan has come to a decision regarding the matters of the Daiyu Clan. We’ve secured you a position as Second Wife of their young heir Chenglei. How you perform will decide whether our Eostre Clan continues to be tools for this Elvin Kingdom, or if we can set off on our own.”

“Okay.” Jade didn’t have much of a reaction. She was aware that their Clan purposely asked for the second wife position in order to protect her. If she took first wife, it was possible that she’d have delusions that she had met her true love. This would lead to emotions which would inevitably cripple her.

Jade tried to walk past her father, but she suddenly felt a firm hand clamp on her slender arms.

“There’s a disruption in your soul.” The Clan Head’s opal eyes flashed. “What happened to you?”

Before Jade could react, a palm slammed into her forehead, forcibly weeding out all of her secrets.